Folding seat



A. CARLSON.

FOLDING SEAT.

APPLlCATlQN FILED 0c! 7. I919.

1,421,167. Patented June 27,1922;

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FOLDING SEAT.-

APPLICATION FILED 061.7, 1919.

Patented June 27, 1922.

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FOLDING SEAT.

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Queens and State of New York, have in vented a new and Improved Folding Seat, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, thisbeing a division of the application, Serial No. 271,233, filed by me on January 15, 1919.

The object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved folding seat more especially'designed as an auxiliary seat for automobiles and other vehicles, and arranged for convenient extension to support a person facing forward, backward or sidewise without interfering with the occupants of the rear seat.

Another object is to permit of conveniently collapsing the seat and folding and concealing it in a storage chamber in the front seat thus permitting easy ingress and egress of persons to and from the rear seat.

Another object is to permit of conveniently and quickly removing the folding seat whenever it is desired to do so.

Another object is to prevent rattling of the seat when in folded position within the storage chamber in the front seat.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as hereinafter shown and described and then specifically pointed out in the claims. i

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved folding seat as applied and shown in'extended position, parts of the vehicle Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 27, 1922.

Original application filed January 15, 1919, Serial No. 271,233.

Divided and this application filed Octo- Serial No. 329,117.

Figure 5 is a similar view of the same with the folding seat in final folded and concealed position and with one of the floor boards removed to permit removal of the folding seat; and Y Figure 6'is an enlarged cross section of the same on the line 66 of Figure 4;.

The front seat 10 of an automobile or other vehicle is provided with a storage chamber 11 open at its rear end 12 and adapted to receive an auxiliary folding seat 15, as hereinafter more fully explained. The folding seat 15 may be provided at its rear end with a foldable back 16, as shown in Figure 1, but such back may be omitted, as illustrated in Figures at and 5. The forward end of the auxiliary seat 15 fits between the upper ends of standards 17 of an upright 18. The lower ends of the standards 17 are connected by pivots 19 with lugs 20 rising from the rear ends of straps 21 attached to the top of a base 23 adapted to rest-on the usual carpet 24: on the floor boards 25 of the vehicle body. The straps 21 are provided at their forward ends with forwardly and downwardly projecting T- shaped heads 30 engaging longitudinal guideways 31 fixed on the bottom 32 of the storage chamber 11. The upper surface of the bottom 32 is approximately on a level with the under side of the floor boards 25 to locate'theupper surface of-the guideways 31 in the plane of the bottom of the base 23 with a viewto allow the latter to rest on the guideways 31. The upper surfaces of the guideways 31 are preferably lined with fiber stripsv33 to prevent rattling of the base when resting on the guideways, as illustrated in Figure 5. It will be noticed that by the arrangement described, the base 23 can be readily moved into and out of the storage chamber 11 and the base is guided during this movement by the heads 30 engaging th'eguideways 31. It will further be noticed that when the base 23 is within the storage chamber 11 it rests on the lining strips 33 which latter prevent rattling.

The guideways 31are open attheir rear ends and hence when the floor boards. 25 adjacent the rear end 12 of the storage chamber 11 is removed, as shown in Figure 5, then the heads 30 can be readily moved out of the guideways whenever the base is pulled-rearwardly for removal of the auxiliary seat for any reason whatever. When the aforesaid floor board 25, however, is in position, as shown in Figures 1 and l, then.

readily folded on the upright 18 and the latter can be folded on the base 23, and then the base 23 with the upright 18 and the seatin folded position can be readily pushed forward into the storage chamber 11 to be inserted therein. The rear end of the base 23 is provided with a hinged portion 40 adapted to be swung up in to closed position to close the rear end 12 of the storage chamber 11 after the base 23, the upright 18 and the seat 15 are within the said chamber. The door 1-0 is swung downward onto the carpet 2 1 when the seat is in extended position, as shown in Figure 45, but the door may remain in upright position if desired, as indicated in Figure 1.

The seat 15 is foldingly connected with the upright in the manner more fully shown and described in the application above referred to so thatfurther description of the same is not deemed necessary, it being considered sufficient to state that the seat 15 is connected by links 50 with the upright to allow the seat to swing on the links, and braces 51 pivot-ally connect the upright with the seat at a point forward of the pivotal connection ofthe link with the seat. A suitable locking device is provided for locking the forward end of the seat 1-5 to one of the standards 17 of the upright 18 to hold the seat locked when in horizontal position thus preventing accidental folding ofthe seat.

From the foregoing it willbe seen that '4, then the base 23 maybe extended rearwardly to the extreme rear position or moved forward until the forward end of the seat 15 is'close to the back of the front seat =10to' allow a person to be seated on the 7 seat 15 facing rearwardly or sidewise as desiredl Itisund'erstood that in order to fold the-seat when the parts are in the position shown in Figure 4:,"it is necessary to first move the base 23 rearwardly to the full extent to allow of swinging the standards 18 downward onto the base and to permit swinging of the seat 15, after the same is unlocked, onto the top of the upright 18 to permit of finally moving the several parts into the storage compartment 11, as shown in Figure 5. i

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a vehicle, a front seat having a seat storage chamber open at the back, a longitudinal guideway wholly confined within the said seat storage chamber, abase having a head slidably engaging the. said guideway, the rear edge of the storage chamber forming a stop for the said head, adjacent the rear of the chamber, an upright pivoted adjacent the rear end of thesaid base to fold thereon, and a seat pivoted at its forward end to the upper end of said upright to extend rearwardly therefrom and to fold thereon, whereby the seat can be folded and held in the storage chamber of the front seat or held adjacent the front seat or spacedtherefrom to permit it to support a person fac i-ng either backward or forward.

2. In a vehicle, a front seat having a seat storage chamber open at the back, a longitudinal guideway in the storage chamber, a base having members slidingly engaging the guidew ays, standards pivoted to the base adjacent its rear end and adapted to fold thereon, and aseat hinged to the upper ends of the standards to extend rearwardly therefrom, and adapted to fold on the said standards, where by the seat can be used to cause the occupant to face forwardly or rearwar-dly and when not in use be folded underthe front seat.

In a vehicle, a front seat having a seat storage chamber, a base adapted toslide in and out of the said storage chamberpan upright pivoted on the said b'aseathe said upright in one position being folded on the base and in another position e'xtending up wardly thereon, a seat foldably mounted on the said upright, the said seat in one position extendingat an angle from the said upright and in another. position being folded thereon to move with the fold ed upright into or out of the said storage chamber, and a hinged door at the rear end of the said base to close the said open back of the storage chamber at the time the base, upright and-seat are within the storage ch amber.

i. In a vehicle, a front seat providedwith a storage chamber open at the back, longi 'tudinal guidew ays arrangedyin; the said' storage chamber, a base provided with heads slidingly engaging the said guidewaysgthe said base in one position resting on the said guideways within the said storage chamber and in another position extending outside of the said storage chamber, an upright pivoted adjacent the rear end of the said base and adapted to fold on the top thereof, and a seat foldably mounted on the said upright, the said seat in one position extending rearwardly from the upper end of the said upright and the seat in another position bein folded onto the upright when the latter is 1n folded position on the base.

5. In a vehicle, a front seat provided with a storage chamber open at the back, longitudinal guideways arranged in the said storage chamber, a base provided with heads slidingly engaging the said guideways, the said base in one position resting on the said guideways within the said storage chamber and in another position extending outside of the said storage chamber, an upright pivoted adjacent the rear end of the said base and adapted to fold on the top thereof, a seat foldably mounted on the said upright, the said seat in one position extending rearwardly from the upper end of the said upright and the seat in another position being folded onto the upright when the latter is in folded position on the base, and a door hinged on the rear end of the said base to close the said storage chamber.

6. In a vehicle, a rear seat having a storage chamber, open at the rear end, a removable fioor board adjacent the said rear end and above the bottom of the storage chamber, a guideway mounted on the said bottom of the storage chamber and open at the rear end, a base having a head slidably engaging the said guide- Way, an upright on the said base, and a seat on the said upright.

7. In a vehicle, a front seat provided with a storage chamber open at the back, longitudinal guidevvays in the storage chamber, and having their rear ends terminating at the back thereof, a base, straps secured upon and running longitudinally of the base and provided at their front ends with downwardly projecting T-shaped heads working in the guideways and at their rear ends with upwardly projecting lugs, standards pivoted to the lugs of said straps, and a seatpivoted at its forward end to the upper ends of the standards to extend rearwardly therefrom and to fold thereupon.

ALEXANDER CARLSON. 

